September 10, 2012, 10:06PM

September 11, 2009 Guest speaker Alice Mulconry gives an moving account of her experience in New York City on September 11, 2001 at the 9-11 remembrance ceremony Friday in Bronson Park. (Jennifer Harnish | Special to the Gazette)

August 29, 2010, 10:18PM

KALAMAZOO — The Kalamazoo Kings’ 10-2 loss to Lake Erie Sunday could be the last game at Homer Stryker Field for the Frontier League franchise. Kalamazoo owner Bill Wright said Sunday evening he plans to meet with the Kings’ ownership group in the coming days to discuss the team’s future. “I assume the meeting will happen around Thursday,” Wright... Full story »

August 19, 2010, 12:41AM

KALAMAZOO — There have been a lot of fireworks leftover from the Fourth of July at Homer Stryker Field lately. The Kalamazoo Kings couldn’t light off just one more roman candle on Wednesday night, though. On a night that featured the Kings and Florence Freedom combining for 24 runs and 30 hits, Kalamazoo couldn’t get that last crucial hit... Full story »

August 18, 2010, 12:03AM

KALAMAZOO — Who are these guys, anyway? Not looking at all like the last place team in the Frontier League, the Kalamazoo Kings unloaded for six runs in the fourth inning and kept on going, beating the Florence Freedom, 14-9, on Tuesday night at Homer Stryker Field. It’s the fourth straight win for Kalamazoo (25-54), which is the longest winning... Full story »

August 02, 2010, 11:00PM

AVON, Ohio — Alex Szymanski gave the Kalamazoo Kings another quality start Monday night, but his teammates were anemic at the plate in a 4-0 loss to the Lake Erie Crushers at All Pro Freight Stadium. Kalamazoo second baseman Jeff Helps went 2-for-2 to raise his season average to .189, but the Kings (17-49) mustered just four hits total... Full story »

August 01, 2010, 10:39PM

AVON, Ohio — Starting pitcher Guido Fonseca was good and the Kalamazoo Kings bullpen was even better Sunday in a 2-1 victory against the Lake Erie Crushers at All Pro Freight Stadium. Fonseca allowed four hits and one earned run in 5 1/3 innings, and relievers Mike Zenko, Bobby Wilkins, Tyler Herron and Scott Reid surrendered just one hit... Full story »

July 28, 2010, 11:58PM

KALAMAZOO — Nick Hall has six inches and 60 pounds on J.J. Sferra, but the Kalamazoo Kings outfielder found a way to use that to his advantage Wednesday night. The 5-foot-11, 165-pound Sferra sent a pitch from Hall (6-5, 225) deep to right-center field in the 10th inning to give the Kings a 6-5 walk-off victory against the Windy... Full story »

July 25, 2010, 10:12PM

KALAMAZOO — Out of first place by about 25 games, there isn’t much chance the Kalamazoo Kings are going to make the Frontier League playoffs. With efforts like Sunday’s game for the last month of the season, it may be the Kings who decide who makes the playoffs and who doesn’t, though. Riding the back of a near-perfect pitching performance... Full story »

July 15, 2010, 12:28AM

Kalamazoo Kings manager and player Matt Maloney, the lone Kalamazoo representative in Wednesday night’s Frontier League All-Star game, struck out in the second inning but redeemed himself with a fifth-inning home run for one of the East Division’s two runs. The West trounced the East, 9-2, with seven runs coming in the first inning at Rent One Park in... Full story »

July 11, 2010, 9:00PM

The River City Rascals annihilated the Kalamazoo Kings 17-4 on Sunday, handing the visitors their 20th consecutive Frontier League road loss. River City collected 18 hits off five Kalamazoo pitchers and built a 13-2 lead after five innings. JJ Sferra, Destan Makonnen, JoeDan Poulter and Jake Jadlowski each had two hits and an RBI for the Kings. The Kings, who... Full story »

July 01, 2010, 2:25PM

KALAMAZOO — The struggling Kalamazoo Kings fired first-year manager Jamie Keefe and pitching coach Brian Lewis on Thursday. With a 7-31 record and a firm hold on last place in the Frontier League’s East Division, Kalamazoo Kings owner Bill Wright said he was not satisfied with the direction the team was headed. “I didn’t feel the hustle on the... Full story »

June 29, 2010, 11:53PM

By Nicole Watkins Kalamazoo Gazette KALAMAZOO — As the pieces of his shattered bat fell to the infield of Homer Stryker Field on Tuesday night, Matt Maloney raced to first base for the Kalamazoo Kings’ fourth and final hit in an 8-2 loss to the Gateway Grizzlies. At this point, the Kings — with a paltry 10 singles in their... Full story »

June 29, 2010, 12:30AM

TRAVERSE CITY — Kalamazoo Kings starter Josh Whitlock was excellent, but Traverse City’s Enrique Lechuga was even better in the Beach Bums’ 1-0 victory Monday night at Wuerfel Park. Whitlock allowed just one run on seven hits, only to watch in frustration as Lechuga (2-3, 3.97 ERA) allowed just two hits and a walk over seven innings as the Bums... Full story »

June 27, 2010, 9:01PM

TRAVERSE CITY — The Kalamazoo Kings haven’t been good at home this season. On the road, they’ve been downright abysmal. Michael Moore held Kalamazoo to two runs through six innings and the Traverse City bullpen pitched three hitless innings as the Beach Bums defeated the Kings 4-2 on Sunday at Wuerfel Park. It was Kalamazoo’s 13th consecutive road loss and... Full story »

June 15, 2010, 12:45AM

WATERFORD — The Kalamazoo Kings struggled to get runners on base Monday night as James Albury and the Oakland County Cruisers allowed just four hits in a 7-1 victory at Oestrike Stadium. The Kings (4-18) are 1-9 in their last 10 games and have a .235 team batting average in 22 games — the lowest in the 12-team Frontier League.... Full story »

June 06, 2010, 10:23PM

NORMAL, Ill. — The Kalamazoo Kings won’t be eager to set foot in the state of Illinois anytime soon. The Normal CornBelters hammered Kings starter Tyler Herron for seven runs in seven innings Sunday on the way to an 8-3 victory and a Frontier League series sweep at the Corn Crib. Six of those runs were earned. Herron allowed six... Full story »

June 06, 2010, 1:39AM

NORMAL, Ill. — Destan Makonnen and Brooks Robinson drove in two runs apiece for the Kalamazoo Kings on Saturday in a 6-5 loss to the Normal CornBelters in Frontier League action at the Corn Crib. Normal scored four runs, including three earned, off Kalamazoo starter Bernard Robert through 6 1/3 innings. Robert, who struck out eight and walked two batters,... Full story »